A.N. Here's another chapter almost completing the story. It won't be more than 30 chapters long, I think… ANYWAY! On with the show!

last time

…she got into the hall closet and pulled out her old bow, a quiver of arrows and a couple of targets.

"You actually kept that stuff?" InuYasha asked.

"What?" she said looking down at the items she had in one hand, "yeah I kept them. You kept that rusty toothpick of a sword."

"That toothpick was my fathers," he said defensively, "I would keep it even of it shattered to a million pieces."
"Right," Kagome said smiling, "well this was the first weapon I learned to use, I've lost how many of them I don't know. But I brought this one back with me for memory sake. I didn't think I would need it."

InuYasha nodded. He never realized how much it hurt Kagome to even be around him until just then. He was her most treasured memory from that time, and somehow he managed to barge into her present and reek havoc there.

Before Kagome could even walk towards the door, InuYasha pulled her into a warm embrace.

"I'm sorry," he said into her hair. "I never realized how much it hurt you to be around me."

"It's okay," she said smiling up at him, "I'd rather have you here screwing with my life than not have you at all."

now

Kagome had spent hours in InuYasha's backyard practicing her archery before she went back inside to work with InuYasha on the rest of the project. She figured all they had to do was do the power point presentation and then they would be done.

"InuYasha do you have a power point program on your ancient computer here?" she asked walking into the den where he kept his computer.

"It's not ancient," he said defensively, "I've had this thing since 1993 and I've not once had to take it to get fixed."

Kagome nodded her head and pushed InuYasha out of his seat and sat down at the computer. She started up the program and pulled up a slide when InuYasha sat down with her.

"So what are you doing?" he asked staring at the screen as Kagome started typing.

"Just read it, and then tell me what to type here and there. You know more about the jewel than I do," she explained as she made the title page and then the first slide titled "The Shikon No Tama".

InuYasha watched Kagome as she started by listing what the jewel was, where it came from, and how Kikyo came into the picture.

"This is where I need your help," she told InuYasha in a small voice.

"How about I put this stuff in?" he asked looking at the girl. Kagome only shook her head and stood up.

"I'm gonna walk down to the convenience store. Want something?" she asked before leaving the room.

"No," InuYasha said, "but why don't you take my car. It's hot."

Kagome nodded and caught the key's InuYasha tossed to her.

"Miroku do you think Kagome's going to be alright?" Sango asked her husband as she sat down on the couch.
"I don't know why?" he asked looking up from the book he was reading.

"I guess it's because InuYasha resurfaces after five years, things are only to get worse," Sango said. "especially when he finds out about Kagome's date with that James guy."

Miroku nodded, Sango was right. InuYasha was apparently back together with Sasha, but his over protectiveness of Kagome will cause some issues.

"Maybe things will go better for them," Miroku said. "They don't know it, but they're right for each other."

Sango nodded before snuggling up to her husband, "I hope your right."

"Hello?" Kagome said as she got into InuYasha's car.

"Kagome is that you getting into the bright yellow Mustang?" came the voice of James Wolfe.

she thought to herself,

"Hi James," she said closing her cell phone as the boy walked up to her.

"Hey Kagome," he grinned. "Where'd you get the wheels? You didn't have this earlier."

"My friend lent it to me," she said, "I'm just grabbing some soda's and chips."

"Is your friend a guy?" James asked looking at the car, "because this is a guy's car."

"Yeah actually he is a guy," Kagome said, "it's the guy I was talking to the other day. We're working together on a project for Mythology, and I'm at his place. My car is at home with my friends from Japan."

James nodded. He hoped she wasn't dating InuYasha, but it wasn't his place to say something.

"Okay," he said grinning, "well I hope your research goes well. We're still on for this weekend right?"

Kagome grinned, she was happy about her pending date with James, "Of course," she said. "I cant wait."

"Great," he said grinning. "Where's your apartment, I'll pick you up around six."

"Okay," she said pulling a paper and pen out of her purse, "I live on Country Club. The apartments are easy enough to find. I'll wait up front?"
"Sure," he said smiling down at Kagome, "see you Saturday."

"See ya then," she said getting into InuYasha's car.

"What took you so long?" InuYasha asked from the doorway as Kagome got out of his car.

"I'm sorry, I guess you didn't know but there is bad traffic in Phoenix ALL THE TIME!" she said giving him the keys.

"That's not it," he said looking down at her, "I just didn't think it would take that long to get something to drink and snacks."
"I wasn't going to steal your precious car," Kagome said as she followed InuYasha back into the den.

"That's not it either," he said, "I hardly care about the car. Why do you smell like wolf?"

God not this again.

"I saw James," Kagome said smiling up at InuYasha, "we're going out this Saturday."
"Like hell you are!" he said turning around.

"InuYasha this isn't like when I was a kid," she said putting her hands on her hips, "I can go and do whatever I want when I want to."

"Whatever," InuYasha said sitting back down at the computer, "I've finished my part of the description of the jewel… and some. You've just got to explain the part about purifying it, only you and Kikyo could do it. I don't understand that one bit."

Kagome nodded before pushing InuYasha out of his seat to type down her part of the slide.

20 minutes later

"I think we did pretty good," Kagome said putting the slide show up on the screen so they can watch it, "just add a few adjustment here and there and then put in pictures. I know a website where I can get paintings, I think there's one of your father."

InuYasha nodded. We're done? he complained to himself, we can't be. It should've taken longer.

"You shouldn't have internal arguments with yourself," Kagome said to InuYasha when she saw his face, "That's how people go crazy."

"Whatever," InuYasha said getting up, "let's order some pizza or something. It's late and I'm hungry."

"Your always hungry," Kagome said playfully as she followed InuYasha to the kitchen.

"That's what makes me so loveable," he said grinning at her.

"Sure it is," she said punching his arm. "I'm gonna raid your movie library and watch something."

InuYasha nodded as he called Pizza Hut.

"What'd you put on?" he asked sitting down on the couch next to Kagome.

"Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift," she said grinning. "I love that movie."

"I'm sure you do," he said looking at the screen.

"I do," she said, "it's got great graphics."

InuYasha nodded, he knew that she liked the movie for the same reason every girl liked it. The guys. Kagome liked it for everything though, the hole movie fascinated her. It showed her home from a hole new point of view she never new because she was always traveling back and forth in time.

When the pizza arrived, Kagome was starring at the screen. InuYasha didn't understand how one girl could be so wrapped up in a movie.

"Kagome here's food," InuYasha said trying to force a slice of pizza into the girls hand.

"Thanks," she said still not looking up and putting the slice on her leg.

InuYasha shrugged and took a bite out of his own slice.

2 hours later

Kagome had fallen asleep watching the movie, slice of pizza forgotten in the box, practically laying in InuYasha's lap. Sighing the man got up off the couch and picked Kagome up bridal style, and carried her up to his room. When he tried to put her down on the bed, he was surprised at what she did.

"Don't leave me," she said clutching his shirt, "I don't want to be alone."

InuYasha shrugged and laid down with her. He figured she would roll over and he could go sleep in the living room, or down the hall, but instead the second he set Kagome on the bed she curled up into him placing her hand on his chest. Knowing he couldn't get up, InuYasha decided to go to sleep himself.

A.N. This is my favorite chapter in this story to date. It was fun for me to write, I hope you enjoyed!